Building Capacity in Research Infrastructure Throughout Rhode Island

Noon – 4:30 p.m., Nov. 21, 2014

Commerce RI, 315 Iron Horse Way

Providence, RI 02908

Agenda

Noon — 12:20 p.m.  Meeting opening | Lunch

12:20 — 12:55 p.m.  Welcome Remarks

• Carol Thornber, Lead PI, RI NSF EPSCoR, University of Rhode Island
• Jack Reed, U.S. Senator
• Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator
• Gerry Sonnenfeld, STAC co-Chair and Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University of Rhode Island

12:55 — 1:15 pm. National EPSCoR Perspective

• Audrey Levine, EPSCoR Program Officer, National Science Foundation

1:15 — 1:25 p.m. Short Break

Impacts of EPSCoR and STAC on Rhode Island 

1:25 — 1:40p.m.  EPSCoR and STAC as a stimulus for equipment infrastructure

• Edward Hawrot, co-PI, RI NSF EPSCoR, Brown University

1:40 — 1:55p.m.  EPSCoR and STAC impacts at a primary undergraduate institution

• Breea Govenar, Rhode Island College

1:55 — 2:10 p.m. EPSCoR education, outreach and diversity strategies

• Tim Pelletier, Community College of Rhode Island

2:10 — 2:25 p.m.  STAC and academia-industry partnership

• Lucie Maranda, University of Rhode Island

2:25 —2:40 p.m.  STAC as a springboard for DOE EPSCoR                                                                                                          

• Pradeep Guduru, Brown University

2:40 — 2:55 p.m. Group discussion | Q+A

 2:55 — 3:10 p.m. Coffee break | Networking opportunity

3:10 — 4:10 p.m. Concurrent breakout sessions

• Year 5 brainstorming & planning session | Carol Thornber, University of Rhode Island
• EPSCoR reporting: A refresher on using ER-Core and entering in your data | Malcolm McFarland, University of Rhode Island, Kia Huffman, Brown University
• EPSCoR and RI diversity workshop | Tim Pelletier, Community College of Rhode Island

4:10 — 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks | breakout session summaries

4:30 p.m. Meeting adjourns